Gender and adjective agreement

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Gender and adjective agreement
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Gender and Adjective Agreement

• Nouns and pronouns in Spanish are divided into
  genders.
• Nouns for men and boys are masculine.
• Masculine amigo, Juan, él
• Nouns for women and girls are feminine.
• Feminine amiga, Maria, ella

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Gender and Adjective Agreement

• Adjectives describe nouns.
• They have different forms that match or agree
  with, the noun or pronoun in gender.
• The masculine form of most adjectives ends in o,
  while the feminine form ends in a.
• Raul es romántico.
• Maria es romántica.

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Gender and Adjective Agreement

• Adjectives that end in e have the same masculine
  and feminine forms.
• Rafael es inteligente.
• Carmen es inteligente.

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Gender and Adjective Agreement

• Adjectives ending in consonants do not an a
  unless they end in or or are adjectives of
  nationality.
• Lorenzo es intelecutal y trabajador.
• Gloria es intelectual y trabajadora.
• Sergio es español.
• Sara es española.

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Gender and Adjective Agreement

• Adjectives also agree with nouns in number.
• An adjective that describes one person or thing
  is in singular form.
• When it describes more than one person or thing,
  its form is plural.
• If the singular form ends in a vowel add s to
  make it plural.
• If it ends in a consonant add es.
• Joaquin es alto. Paco y Luis son altos.
• Rosa es intelectual. Mis amigos son
  intelectuales.

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Gender and Adjective Agreement

• To describe a mixed group of men and women or
  boys and girls, use the masculine plural form of
  the adjective.
• Carlos y Ana son románticos.